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Big Stone Lake State Park - Meadowbrook Area
Park
819 acres4 mi of trail
Bluebird Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Prior
Prior, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.6% of Prior is conserved land, roughly 2,632 acres. There are about 5.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Big Stone Lake State Park - Meadowbrook Area (4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Prior, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Prior outdoors
Conserved land
8.6%
2,632 of 30,454 acres
Trails
5.3 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
WPA
Nature preserve
374 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Prior
Unnamed boat launch in Big Stone Lake State Park - Meadowbrook Area
Unnamed boat launch in Big Stone Lake State Park - Meadowbrook Area
Trails
Named trails
- Bluebird Trail0.8 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,632 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,251 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Prior
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 1,274 acState Park 826 acResource Management Area 785 acState Conservation Area 161 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Stone Lake State ParkState Park | State parks | 826 | Open |
| Big Stone County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 785 | Restricted |
| Clinton Prairie State Scientific and Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 158 | Restricted |
| Big Stone Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Big Stone)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 3 | Restricted |
Nearby
Prior and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Prior's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 24.7-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.